Attachment for train-vestibule curtains.



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Patented June 27,

Inventof as w Attorneys.

EDMUND F. HAR 'I' S'HO'RN, or tnvgitnx unw JERSEY."

ATTACHMENT FOR TRAIN-VESTIBULE CURTAINS. I

To allwho'm it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDML'I'ND F. Ham's HORN, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing in Newark, county of Essex, State of NewJersey, have invented acertain new and useful Improvementin I tingvestibulesof a pair showing an embodiment of when the car the tra1n,"so

' designated by .35 a

.car, and b the vestibule of another car bon- Attaclnnents forTrain-vestibule Curtains,

' of which the following is a specification;

The object I have. in view is the production of a device for extendingthe curtain on the side of the bellows or accordionof the vestibule ofrailway or other cars, and in which no injury will result if the car bej uncoupled without first collapsing the curtain. v v

A further object. is to produce a device for holding the curtain partlydistended, is uncoupled or is the last on that only the bellows on thatcar will be covered.

Theseand further objects will more fully appear from the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view, partly in section, of thebellows of two abutof coupled cars, my invention in place: Fig. 2 is anelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation on an enlarged scale, ofthe device embodying my invention. F {t is a section, on the line 4 4 ofFig. 3, and F igL 5 is a perspective view of a detail.

In all the several views, like parts are the same reference characters.In the drawings, a is the vestibule of one pied to the first car, 0 isthe bellows, or accordion, of the usual form, (Z is the curtain which issecured to the jambof the ves iiiQbule a and is mounted on a springroller e.'

carried within abox f. On the outer edge of the curtain, which 15stiffened by a rod it inthe usual manner, is a bail orha-ndle.

g. These-parts are of the ordinary and well known construction. Thecurta n s wound vupupon-the roller 6 within the box f, and passesthrougha slot i11 tl1e box.

.which slo't will not permit Ordinarily, it has been the the entranceofof the curtain custom heretofore to attach the handle to a hook on thejainb ofthe vestibule b. It is apparent that. shohld it be forgotten tounhook this handle the rod h, on the free edge ',When' "the cars areuncoupled. the curtain i be forcibly pulledpfi' the roller. lhe usualpractice is to attach the curtain to the Specificationkof LettersPatent. Applicationfiled' June 25, 1910. Serial No.

vsection is also provided roller by fastenings analogous to a glovefastener, to permit the curtainv to come off the roller without injury,but this practice is objectionable,

ried off by the other car, and that itor a new one cannot be attached tothe rollerwithout removing the same from the box f,-an operation whichrequires sending the car back to the shops. Various devices have.

been planned to automatically release the handle from the hook on theother car when the cars are uncoupled, but such devices do not. workwell in practice. According to my invention, I avoid these objectionsand, at the same time, produce an effective device, by holding thecurtain in the distended-p0- sition by means of a device which iscarried upon the car upon which the curtain is mounted. This deviceis'in the form of an arm, which, in the embodiment illustrated, isattached to the car a'and extends in a horizontal direction outside ofthe curtain, between it and the bellows, and has a hook onthe outereirtremity for engagementwith the handle 9. The free end of the arm isin that the curtain is car- Patented J line 27, 191i.

adapted to be supported or'guidcd in a device carried by the vestibule bin situations in which it is desirable to have such support.

The arm, if desired, is also adapted to be folded, in order to get itout of the way, and it is. also provided with a supplemental hook orsupport for thehandle when the curtain is half unrolled and when thecaris uncoupled or forms the end of the train. The arm, in the embodimentof my invention which is chosen for illustration, is preferably made ofmetal, and is indicated by.

the reference character 1. It is made of two sect1ons.an.1nner section2, and an outer section 3. The inner section 2 hasa T-head 4, withopenings therein, as shown in Fig. 3, for the IECQPUOH} of screws orbolts for securing the sectionto the car vestibule a.

The outer section 3 is provided with a hook 5, near its outer extremity,which engages with the handle of the curtain. This outer with afinger 6,for

engaging with the fork 7, (see Fig. 5) ;which is carried by thevestibule I). YThis fork provides a vertical slot finger 6'will rest. atthe topQor closed, as desired. The purpose of this finger and slot is togive sup- 8, witliin which the port to the outerend of the arm: but thevi K may be omitted. if desired. In the embodiment of 11W lnventlonchosen for-illustra The slot 8 niay .be open tion, the finger ismovably-niountcd on the section 3 and is held in distended position bymeans of a spring. This is for the purpose of preventing injury to theparts when 5 the cars are coupled, the spring compressing and allowingthe finger to adjust itself to the' proper position. In the drawings thefinger is provided with headed bolts 9, which pass through slots 10,formed near the outer end oftheouter section 3. A spring-11, lyingwithin a slot 12in the outer section, engages with a pin 13,011 thefinger, and by its expansion moves the latter to the outermost position.By making the arm in two sections, the latter may be made adjustable forvarious depths of vestibule. Themeans of connection of the two sectionscomprises a slot 4 on the inner section, and a slot 15 on the two slots.This bolt may be tightened up or loosened in order to adjust thepositions of the sections to vary the length of the arm, and also topivot the outer section upon the inner section to permitthe outersection to be folded over back or outside ofthe inner section when thearm is reduced to one-half ter is provided beyond the point of pivot,

lower edge oft-he inner sect-ion' By providing the bolt 16 with aleft-handed thread {and a nut, as shown, the latter maybe tighene'd soas to prevent the outer section of the arm from moving horizontallyinward; at the same time, this outer section may be lifted up and swungaround the pivot and b therebyloosening its engagement, owing to thedirection of the threads. The outer extremity of the inner section isprovided with a hook 18, which is adapted to engage in the handle (jwhen the curtain is extended .to

4'5'ione-half its width. In order to allow the hook 5 to clearthe innersection 2 when the outer section is folded-inward, the said hook ismounted upon a column or extension '9.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I'havedescribed the princi- 9. ple of my invention, together with theapparatus which I now consider to represent the fibestembodimentthereof; but I desire to i have it understood that the apparatus shownis merely illustrative and that the invention can be carried out inother ways.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination with a car vestibule and a spring rollersnpportedcurtain carried thereby, of means carried by the car forholding the curtain distended.

2. A car vestibule and a spring roller sup- .tion with an arm carried bythe car and outer section. A bolt 16 passes through the ported curtaincarried there )7, in combine engaging with the curtain'to hold the samein distended position.

3. A device for holding a vestibule curtain in distended position, whichcomprises an arm secured to the vestibule carrying the curtain and meanson said arm engagingwith the curtain handle.

4c. A device for holding avestibule curtain in distended position, whichcomprises an arm adjustable in length carried by the vestibule which,carries the curtain, andmeans on said arm engaging with. the curtainhandle.

5. A device for holding a vestibule curtain in distended position, whichcomprises an arm made in adjustable sections and mounted on thevestibule carrying thev curtain, and means on said arm engaging with thecurtain handle.

6. A device for holding a vestibule curtain, in distended position,which comprises an arm made in sectionsadjustable one with reference toanother and foldable upon one another, and means on said arm engagingwith the curtain handle.

7. A device for holding a vestibule curan arm formed of sections andhooks on the sections to engage with the handle of the (1111433111.

8. A device for holding a vestibule eurtain in distended position, whichcomprises an arm formed of S6Ct10DS, one section being carried by thecar, and the other section being pivoted to the first section-.5

9. A device for holding a vestibule cur.-

tain in distended position, which comprises animm formed ofsections;a=onesection being carried by the-carg and the other by thefirst section, the connection between the two being by' means of a slotand pivot.

10. In combination with two abutting car vestibulFand a curtain on one,ofan arm ofi the same vestibule, and a guide'cn the othervestibulcengaging with the errn,-said arm holding the curtain in distendedposition.

11. A device for holding a vestibule cur-- tainin distended position,which comprises an arm on one vestibule with a hook on the free endwhich engages with the curtain to hold it in distended position, and amember having a slot on the other --vestibule, with which the armengages.

'12. A device for holding a vestibule curtain in distended position,which comprises an arm on one vestibule with ahook on the free end, aspring pressed finger on the free end and a hook for engaging with thecur- .tain to hold the latter in distended posi tion, and a memberhaving a slot on the j other vestibule, with which the finger. ena es. 5l3. A device for holding a vestibi le curtain distended, which comprisesan arm CIT made of two sections, ,a book 011 each fm for engagement withfhe {fee .endbi i-he 19' ngagemefit. ,with t -he handle of thGa-Qurtainto Hold the laitenin distended fpfiS itfiOIi.

14 A device ifqighbldin a vestibule cur-j tam "dlstende'd,f w;hlchcomprises an arm made (1f .two sectmns, at hook on each for .en-;

gagement withthe handleof the "curtain to hold the latterjiidisfenddpositioi1',iand-a member with as'l tfongthe other .vestibule ar m, This"specification signed and witnessed this 24th day of uneylQlOf EDMUNDE'HARTSHORN,

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